The mile-long trains also force children to climb through the car couplings in order to get to school. This is a big problem in some of the older industrial towns that are still a rail hub.
One city wrote tickets of $150 each to the train company every time a road was blocked. After the tickets accumulated to several thousand dollars, the company tried to negotiate a lesser payoff.
The passivity of our esteemed Dept of Transportation towards rail giants like Norfolk Southern is disgraceful. See the article in Pro Publica…
The problem with trains is not just the EMTs. School children sometimes have to climb between the stalled train cars to get to school. (see Pro Publica artice, I cannot link to it here.) This is a big issue in the older towns that are still rail hubs.
The passivity of our vaunted Dept of Transportation before companies like Norfolk Southern is disgraceful.
The mile-long trains also force children to climb through the car couplings in order to get to school. This is a big problem in some of the older industrial towns that are still a rail hub.
One city wrote tickets of $150 each to the train company every time a road was blocked. After the tickets accumulated to several thousand dollars, the company tried to negotiate a lesser payoff.
The passivity of our esteemed Dept of Transportation towards rail giants like Norfolk Southern is disgraceful. See the article in Pro Publica…
https://www.propublica.org/article/trains-crossing-blocked-kids-norfolk-southern
The problem with trains is not just the EMTs. School children sometimes have to climb between the stalled train cars to get to school. (see Pro Publica artice, I cannot link to it here.) This is a big issue in the older towns that are still rail hubs.
The passivity of our vaunted Dept of Transportation before companies like Norfolk Southern is disgraceful.